U.S. Politics
The Self-Destruction of American Power
American hegemony’s death was self-inflicted, the result of Washington’s bad habits and bad behavior.
The Autocrat’s Worst Enemy
Despots hate cities and the mayors who run them.
Equality and American Democracy
The U.S. Founders thought liberty and equality went together, but by the mid-twentieth century, most Americans thought of them as competing values. Thought of properly, they’re not. Redressing inequality today, however, will require bringing politics back in the equation, since political choices set the rules and help determine the outcomes of the economic game.
The Strong Do What They Can—and Suffer What They Must
What Thucydides really thought about power.
The Military and the Republic
What America’s armed forces can—and cannot—do for democracy.
The Military and the Republic
What America’s armed forces can—and cannot—do for democracy.
The Fractured Superpower
Federalism is remaking U.S. democracy and foreign policy.
The Strange Triumph of a Broken America
Power abroad comes with dysfunction at home.
When Workers Lose to AI
How the U.S. government can soften the blow of automation.
Don’t Give Up on Global Order
America depends on global order—and can restore it.